THE KITANEMUK PEOPLE ARRIVED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ABOUT 2500 YEARS AGO AS PEACEFUL HUNTER AND GATHERS OF MOUNTAIN AND DESERT. THEY LIVED IN THE TEHACHIPI MOUNTAINS AND THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF THE ANTELOPE VALLEY. THEY WERE DEPENDENT UPON ACORNS FROM THE WESTERN EDGE FROM THE WESTERN PORTION OF THEIR RANGE FACING THE DESERT. THEY LIVED IN PERMANENT VILLAGES. THEY PICKED PINON NUTS ON THE SLOPES ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE RANGE. THEIR GROUPS HAVE 50 - 80 MORE PEOPLE. THE COMMUNITIES WOULD DISPERSE INTO SMALLER GROUPS FOR FOOD PRODUCING HABITATS.
THEIR TREES INCLUDE JOSHUA TREE, PINYON PINE, MESQUITE, CALIFORNIA JUNIPER , CALIFORNIA PALM OASES.
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